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Reading Comprehension · Meaning in Context

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 5

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Meaning in Context
The one idea it tests
Read the sentence around the word; the passage defines it for you.
The basic logic
Ignore the dictionary meaning that pops into your head. Read the rest of the sentence: it tells you what the word is doing. Pick the choice that fits that job, then plug it back in to test.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “that”
  • “bring about”
  • “change”

Playground logic

The passage calls Nadia's games 'crossing' games, then explains: the player starts as one kind of kid and ends with new eyes. So 'crossing' means changing the player inside.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Nadia's Board Games →

Step 3 · Try the model question

In the kid passage, the word 'crossing' most nearly means which of these?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 5 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 5 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the word and read its whole sentence, plus the one after. Notice what the passage says happens in the works it describes. Choose the meaning that matches that description. Then swap your choice into the sentence; if it sounds off, try again. Be wary of choices that match a common dictionary sense but not this sentence.